Charles shaw



O. SHAW.

WIRB FENGING.

(No Model.)

Patented July 17, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEO WRE FENCING.

PECIFICATION orming part of Letters Patent No. 386,270, dated July' 17, 1888.

Application filed November 4, 1887. Serial No. 254,270. (No model.)

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Be it known that i, CHARLES SHA W, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at \Volverhampton, in the county of Stafford,

England, have invented certain new and useful Improveincnts in Vire Fencing, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to iinproved means for securing barbed and other wire to the upro rights of fencing and to the Vertical. distancebars or stretchers, known as droppers/7 employed in Corrimony77 ori'swing fencing, without threading such wire through the uprights or distance-bars, and has for its object iniproved fasteners and thei r combination with specially-formed openings in the uprights orl distanee-bars, or in mountings fixed to the uprights or disiance-bars, for retaining the wires within such holes or openings.

For the sake of convenience I will describe the invention in relation only to nprights, when its application to distance-bars or droppers for swing fencing will be readily understood without need for special description.

A modifieation of this invent-ion which I prefer to einploy is illustrated by Figures 1 to 5, inclusive.

Figl is asidc elevation ofashortlength ofupright, showing a fastening constrncted according to this invention within aspecially-lormed opening in the web of the npright. Fig. 2 is a view of the opposite side of the part of the upright shown by Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a section taken on line it a: of Fig. l. An opening, a,

is formed through the web of the upright A for the reeeption of the wire and of the fastening therefor, and is conscquently, thereforc,

soniewhat larger than thcdiameterof the Wire,

and such opening has also a part, 7), ofjnst sutlicient width to allow of the passage of a wire, which passes out therefrom to the edge of the npright. The shape of one of these openings is elearly shown by Fig. -:l. Fig. 5

is a detached view of the fastening as seen in side elevation prcvionsly to its insertion within the upright.

The fastening B has a barrel, (Z, of the width of the web of the npright and of the dianieter of the part a of the opening: and on one end of this barrel is a flange, c, and on the other end, at the top thereof, is a tongue, e, and at the bottoni thercof a tongue, f. Both the barrel and fiange are open on one side, as shown at Fig. 1, and a short arm, g, is formed down from the lower edge of the iiange. The fastener is inserted endwisc int-o the part a of the opening, and the tongucs c andf are bent back against the Vface of the web, and thus the fastener is held within the web of the upright by the fiange o on one side and the tongnes on the other. Vhen it is desired to seen re wire to the npright, the fastener is moved half a turn by means of the arni g, so as to bring the open side of the barrel and fla-nge opposite the part Z) of the opening in the npright, and the Wire is then movedsidewise through the part b and into the barrel, upon which the fnstening is turned back into the position shown by Fig. 1, thus closing the communication between the parts a and I) of the opening in the upright and securely retaining the wire within the npright. The tongnes may then be tightly clinched np, if desired, to prevent the fastening from being turned through accident or inisehief. The fastening may be put in place within the upright, ii' preferred, after the wire has been passed into the opening` (i, in which case the arm .r/ is not required. lt is not essentiahof course,to have two tongues,as shown, as one only may be einploycd, if preferred, in which case the ton gne may be formed ofa width which will pass through the narrowcr part Z) of the opening, and thns such tongue will not require bonding back after thcinsertion of the fastening within the npright, as npoirtnrning it soniewhat within the part a of the opening` the tongue will be against the side of the upright,and in combination with the dangc pre- Vent the fastening from moving endwise. .ln this case, of course, the tongue is in such position on the end of the barrel of the lastening as that when the fastening has been turned in the nianncr dcscribed the barrel will securely close the communication between the parts a and Z) of the opening. The npright is preferably rolled with a rib, h, to strengthen it against liability to fracture through a part where an opening, a, is formed. This rib'is preferably formed to run down each side of the web of the upright. The employment of the ribfbr this pnrposeis not, however,claimed as novel, as such a rib is described in thespecification of Letters Patent of the United States granted to VVilliani Bayliss, dated the 9th day Of June, 1885, and numbered 319,878, for certain improvements in metal fencing.

A modification of the fastening just described is shown by Figs. 6 to 11,inolusive. In this modification the fastening is shown by Figs. 6, 7, and 8 as made of sheet metal, and by Figs. 9, 10, and 11 as made of malleable iron.

Referring first to the case in which the fastening is made of sheet metal, Fig. 6 is a corresponding View to Fig. 1, and Fig. 7 a front edge view of Fig. 6, and Fig. 8 a plan of the fastening previously to its being folded up for application to the upright. By way of example only, the upright is shown in this case as a plain flat bar. The opening in the upright is of the same character as in the modification above described. The fastening, however, in this case cannot be turned in the upright,-and must be put in place therein after the Wire has been moved sidewise into the part a of the opening. This fastening consists of a part, i, which passes within the part b of the opening, of a part,jj,which passes within the opening a and closes the communication between the part a and the part b of the opening, and of tongues k k, 8m., which bear against each side of the upright. The fastening is pushed into place, as shown, from one side of the npright after the wire has been moved into the part a of the opening, and the tongues on the opposite sides of the upright to that from which the fastening has been pushed in must of course be turned back against the side of the npright after the faslening has been placed therein.

Referring to Fig. 8, the fastening is formed by folding the plate over so that the partsjj are against one another,and then opening out such parts to the required shape shown by Fig. 6, and also opening out a pair of tongues, k k, at one end. One tongue only may be provided at each end of the fastening; but a pair is preferred.

Beferring now to the case in which the fastening is made of malleable iron, Figs. 9 and 10 correspond, respectively, to Figs. 6 and 7, and Fig. 11 is a detached view of the fastening, looking from the opposite end thereof to that shown by Fig. 9. In this case a flange, c', is formed on one end of a part, j', which passes into the part a of the opening in the upright, and the outer end of the part i', which passes into the part Z) of the opening, is bent back against the face of the upright, as shown at Fig. 10, after the fastening has been placed within the upright. Fasteners constructed in, this manner may be employed to hold the upprojecting part of a mounting fixed to the upright, and thus the weakening of the upright occasioned by forming holes therein, as above described, for the wires and fastenings be avoided. Such a mounting applied, by way of example only, to a plain flat upright is illustrated by Fig. 12, in which the mounting A'is fixed to the upright A by means of a rivet or other convenient means, and an opening, a b, is formed thereinfor the reception of the Wire and fastening.

Fig. 13 illustrates a corresponding mounting convenient for application to a flanged upright, and Fig. 14 shows a back view of the same. In this latter case a notch is formed on each side of the fiange of the upright, and the mounting is formed with wings Z l, which pass round the edge of the fiangewithin the notches. One of the wings is straight, as shown by broken lines, Fig. 14, previously to the mount ing being fixed to the upright, and the mounting is fixed by clinching such Wing round the edge of the upright within its corresponding notch.

Having fully described my invention, what I desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent 1s- IOO 1. A fence-bar having a slotted opening o ing greater in diameter than said slotted IIO opening, and said cylindrical part extending around only a part of the periphery of said circular aperture, and said fastener, also having side fianges of greater diameter than said slotted opening,which seat against the bar on opposite sides of said circular aperture when the fastener is applied to the bar, the flange on one side at least being constructed to be bent down against the bar, substantiall y as set forth.

2. A fence-bar having a slotted opening through which a fence-Wire is passed, which opening coinmunicates with a larger circular aperture in which the fence-Wire is retained, in combination With a 'fastener which has a hollow cylindrical part of greater diameter than the width of said slotted opening, said cylindrical part fitting and turning within said circular aperture, and said cylindrical part having an open slot communicating with its central bore, said slot, when the cylindria' parbis turned, coinciding with said slotted In witness whereof I have hei'eunto sgned [o opening in the bar, and said fastener having my name in the presonce of two snbscribing on one end of said cylindrical part a fixed wibnesses.

flange, which seats against said baron one side of said aperture, and said fastener having on CHARLES SHAW'.

its opposit'e side a tongue, which is passed through said aperture, and which is bent down Vitnesses:

against the baron the opposite side of said S'DEPHEN VATKINS,

apertnre, snbstantially as set; forth. i ROBERT M. LIsTER. 

